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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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network news stories: 13 news summaries

 ABC's 
 Donaldson 
 to Retire Next Week 

Bellowing newscaster is 'sweetheart underneath'

Feb 16, 09 11:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Sam Donaldson is calling it quits after a 41-year career distinguished by a booming voice and tough demeanor, Howard Kurtz reports in the Washington Post. “I guess it’ll be on my tombstone,” Donaldson muses. “He yelled at Ronald Reagan.” Donaldson became famous for shouting... More »

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ABC • retirement • journalist • ABC News • television news • network news

Analysis

Few Minorities Report
on the White House 

Diversity in Washington journalism remains uneven

Jan 12, 09 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Although America is nearing the inauguration of its first black president, the press corps that will be covering him remains largely white, the Washington Post reports. Cable news has delivered a few minority reporters, like CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux and Wendell Goler from Fox News. But the broadcast networks remain... More »

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race • Fox News • CNN • diversity • ethnic diversity • reporting • network news • President Obama

 Talking Heads 
 Vow Restraint 
 ... Sort of 

Networks vow some restraint

Nov 4, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Television news executives have vowed they won't jump the gun and project a president-elect until one man has 270 electoral votes. And they won't count electoral votes until polls are closed, reports the Los Angeles Times. But if key states in the East and Midwest back Obama, viewers will likely... More »

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California • New Mexico • Rick Davis • Nevada • Colorado • CBS News • exit polls • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • television news • network news • projections

analysis

Maddow Helps MSNBC Make Left Turn

Network hopes new anchor will translate into ratings, ad revenue

Aug 22, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rachel Maddow's promotion to prime-time at MSNBC more clearly draws the partisan lines among the cable networks, writes Brian Stelter of the New York Times: MSNBC on the left, Fox on the right, and CNN claiming middle ground. Now the big question: Will the Maddow move translate into more ads?... More »

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cable TV • MSNBC • NBC Universal • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • CNN • TV advertising • television news • network news • Rachel Maddow • Bill Maher Grid

Even in Tight Election, Media Struggle to Retain Audience

Choosier consumers, Internet video hurt

Aug 4, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even as the 2008 election attracts more voter interest than it has in decades, media efforts to translate that into financial success have had mixed results, reports the New York Times. While cable news has enjoyed an uptick—and websites are setting record for online video—viewership for mainstream... More »

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cable TV • presidential campaign • American media • ad revenue • TV ratings • web traffic • Election 2008 • network news

ANALYSIS

Cable Dominates News by Blowing Up Stories

But print reporters dig up the stories that play on TV

Aug 2, 08 7:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-four-hour cable networks set the news agenda by turning stories "from brushfire to raging conflagration," Paul Farhi writes in the American Journalism Review. Particularly during presidential campaigns, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC pull stories from newspapers and web sites and make them hot by running them day and... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • MSNBC • news • journalism • Fox News • CNN • print journalism • television news • network news

ANALYSIS

All 3 Network Anchors Will Travel Abroad With Obama

Access to Dem lures Gibson, Couric, Williams to Europe, Mideast

Jul 16, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams will all be part of Barack Obama’s foreign trip that begins later this week, Howard Kurtz reveals in the Washington Post—as the Dem’s campaign impressively “draws the anchors halfway around the world by offering access.” The ABC, CBS... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Katie Couric • Brian Williams • Charles Gibson • network news

ANALYSIS

 Minutes Dwindle for
 Networks' War Coverage 

Bureaus cut amid financial concerns; political primary blots out other stories

Jun 23, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Middle East correspondents are struggling to get stories on the nightly news as TV networks scale back war coverage, the New York Times reports. With violence in Iraq declining and the US public tiring of an open-ended conflict, network execs have focused on hot topics like the contentious presidential primaries.... More »

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NBC • CBS • ABC • business • Iraq war • media coverage • reporting • Afghanistan war • network news

Cable Guys Won't Likely Fill Russert's Seat

Execs don't want pundits messing with 'pristine' NBC News

Jun 16, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Early word on Tim Russert's Meet the Press successor focused on in-house candidates, like Chris Matthews, David Gregory, or Joe Scarborough. But one insider now tells Variety that there’s “no way” a cable personality will land the gig. NBC’s broadcast division would rather stay “pristine”—... More »

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cable TV • MSNBC • Chris Matthews • Tim Russert • NBC News • pundits • Meet the Press • Joe Scarborough • network news • David Gregory

opinion

Anchors (Except for Katie) Just Don't Get It

Response to McClellan flap is embarrassing, says writer

May 28, 08 9:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric thinks Scott McClellan has a point with his criticism of the media in the lead-up to the war, but Charlie Gibson and Brian Williams beg to differ—and that's a disgrace, writes Glenn Greenwald in Salon. During a get-together of network anchors, the "painfully empty-headed Gibson" and... More »

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Katie Couric • Brian Williams • Scott McClellan • Iraq war • Charles Gibson • network news

Networks Will Partner For Cancer Telethon

Gibson, Couric and Williams to co-host Sept. 5 event

May 27, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - ABC, CBS and NBC have decided to work together to fight cancer, the New York Times reports. Each network's lead news anchor will appear on a Sept. 5 telethon broadcast on all three channels simultaneously. The principles—CBS's Katie Couric, NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charlie Gibson—have all lost... More »

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cancer • NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • ABC • cancer research • Brian Williams • television news • Charles Gibson • network news • telethon

 Couric Gets Vote of Confidence 

Anchor's not going anywhere, CBS boss Moonves tells news staffers

Apr 18, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric will anchor the CBS Evening News for a long time to come, the network's CEO told staffers today, TVNewser reports. Les Moonves dropped in on the daily news meeting to dispel recent rumors that Couric is not long for the newscast, which sits at the bottom of the... More »

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Katie Couric • CBS • Leslie Moonves • TV ratings • news anchor • CBS Evening News • network news

OPINION

Couric's Not Only Thing Networks Should Toss

Evening news shows on their last legs

Apr 15, 08 9:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Evening network news, with or without Katie Couric aboard, is going nowhere, Ron Grover writes in BusinessWeek—then offers suggestions on what the TV giants should do to hook viewers:
  • Make the news available on the viewers' time: Get big-name anchors on tape earlier, and put those newscasts online.
... More »

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NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • ABC • Brian Williams • Anderson Cooper • CBS Evening News • Charles Gibson • network news

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